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Re: Origin of the story that K&R style was chosen to save paper

From Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: Origin of the story that K&R style was chosen to save paper
Date 2012-11-28 11:10 +0000
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Cal Dershowitz wrote:

> If saving paper were a priority, no one would call sarah palin an author.

You'd be surprised with what this desire to save paper forces some editors 
to do.  For example, I was told that the style adopted for a table included 
in the EN 1993-1 standard, which sacrificed pretty much any readability, was 
due to economy reasons: someone wanted to reduce publishing costs by 
avoiding having to print one or two extra pages on a 100-page document.


Rui Maciel

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Origin of the story that K&R style was chosen to save paper Paul Sinnett <paul.sinnett@gmail.com> - 2012-11-27 14:13 -0800
  Re: Origin of the story that K&R style was chosen to save paper Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-11-27 17:42 -0800
    Re: Origin of the story that K&R style was chosen to save paper Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-11-28 14:51 +1300
    Re: Origin of the story that K&R style was chosen to save paper pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-11-28 00:36 -0500
  Re: Origin of the story that K&R style was chosen to save paper Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-11-28 02:02 +0000
    Re: Origin of the story that K&R style was chosen to save paper Cal Dershowitz <cal@example.invalid> - 2012-11-27 20:30 -0700
      Re: Origin of the story that K&R style was chosen to save paper Cal Dershowitz <cal@example.invalid> - 2012-11-27 22:06 -0700
        Re: Origin of the story that K&R style was chosen to save paper Rosario1903 <Rosario@invalid.invalid> - 2012-11-28 08:58 +0100
          Re: Origin of the story that K&R style was chosen to save paper Cal Dershowitz <cal@example.invalid> - 2012-11-28 19:19 -0700
      Re: Origin of the story that K&R style was chosen to save paper Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-11-28 11:10 +0000
        Re: Origin of the story that K&R style was chosen to save paper glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-11-28 18:19 +0000
          Re: Origin of the story that K&R style was chosen to save paper Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2012-11-28 13:14 -0600
            Re: Origin of the story that K&R style was chosen to save paper Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2012-11-28 13:26 -0600
              Re: Origin of the story that K&R style was chosen to save paper Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2012-11-28 13:30 -0600
                Re: Origin of the story that K&R style was chosen to save paper "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-11-28 19:38 +0000
                Re: Origin of the story that K&R style was chosen to save paper Anders Wegge Keller <wegge@wegge.dk> - 2012-11-28 21:03 +0100
                Re: Origin of the story that K&R style was chosen to save paper Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2012-11-28 14:27 -0600
            Re: Origin of the story that K&R style was chosen to save paper glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2012-11-28 21:50 +0000
  Re: Origin of the story that K&R style was chosen to save paper Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-11-28 10:56 +0000
    Re: Origin of the story that K&R style was chosen to save paper Paul Sinnett <paul.sinnett@gmail.com> - 2012-11-28 03:55 -0800
      Re: Origin of the story that K&R style was chosen to save paper Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-11-28 21:37 +0000
    Re: Origin of the story that K&R style was chosen to save paper Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-11-28 14:19 +0000
    Re: Origin of the story that K&R style was chosen to save paper Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-12-17 03:45 -0800
      Re: Origin of the story that K&R style was chosen to save paper Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-12-17 12:05 -0800
        Re: Origin of the story that K&R style was chosen to save paper Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-12-20 10:06 -0800
          Re: Origin of the story that K&R style was chosen to save paper Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-12-20 14:26 -0800
            Re: Origin of the story that K&R style was chosen to save paper Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-12-21 09:29 -0800
  Re: Origin of the story that K&R style was chosen to save paper Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-12-17 03:39 -0800
    Re: Origin of the story that K&R style was chosen to save paper Paul Sinnett <paul.sinnett@gmail.com> - 2012-12-25 21:18 -0800

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